[Chicago] Prevent access to method as attribute

[Ken Schutte]

How about,

if ("isValid"+"()") in open(__file__).read():
    raise Exception("!")

:)



On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> That would cool if a syntax check warned about access an attribute
> where a method call was what may have been intended. PyLint does not
> do this as far as I am aware. Perhaps there is some other syntax
> chacker?
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Brantley Harris <deadwisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This seems like something that should be done at testing or some syntax
>> checking stage, like PyLint.  Sure you can solve it this way, it's in fact
>> rather interesting and clever, but it adds a whole lot of complexity for
>> little gain.
>>
>> Always Be Testin'
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is very cool and clean too. Dare I say Pythonic? Good job
>>> everyone and thanks!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Ken Schutte <kenschutte at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Along similar lines, you could try this:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > class notAttribute(object):
>>> >     def __init__(self, func):
>>> >         self.func = func
>>> >
>>> >     def __get__(self, obj, type = None):
>>> >         return self.__class__(self.func.__get__(obj, type))
>>> >
>>> >     def __nonzero__(self):
>>> >         raise Exception("Don't check me as an attribute!  Call me
>>> > first!")
>>> >
>>> >     def __call__(self,*a,**kw):
>>> >         return self.func(*a,**kw)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Usage:
>>> >
>>> > class A(object):
>>> >
>>> >     @notAttribute
>>> >     def isValid(self):
>>> >         return False
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > a = A()
>>> >
>>> > try:
>>> >     if a.isValid:
>>> >         print "(1) valid"
>>> >     else:
>>> >         print "(1) not valid"
>>> > except Exception, e:
>>> >     print "ERROR:", e
>>> >
>>> > if a.isValid():
>>> >     print "(2) valid"
>>> > else:
>>> >     print "(2) not valid"
>>> >
>>>
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